Jake Steisel

Jake Steisel

@jsteisel.bsky.social

Senior Staff Attorney at Global Action on Gun Violence. Formerly CA6, EDPA, HLS, Cornell ILR. Views my own.

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I lift less than most people in my Brooklyn gym and I deadlifted 320lbs two weeks ago.

Evan McLaren@evanmclaren.bsky.social

Guys whose whole thing is obsessing relentlessly over the righteousness of patriarchy and aLpHa masculinity are flexing and high-fiving over ... a one-rep deadlift max of 315lbs/143kgs.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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Early voting starts today! Check out the New Kings Democrats voter guide for everything on your ballot in Brooklyn: 🗳️ local, statewide, and Congressional races 🗳️ judges 🗳️ ballot props (NKD members endorsed "yes" on all 5) Please share and let's get out the vote! tinyurl.com/nov2026nkd

I honestly hesitate before donating knowing about the deluge of texts and emails I’ll receive. I’d donate more if that came with a guarantee that I’d be left alone.

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social

I was going to donate to Amy Acton today but decided not to because after giving to Al-Sayed I get 3-5 texts daily asking me to give him more money. I block but they still come in from different numbers. It is as if the GOP came up with the idea to punish small Dem donors with spam. 😔

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I think many of us have forgotten that he flat out refused to endorse Zohran in the NYC mayoral race and if you don’t see some kind of connection here I don’t know what to tell you

Truthout@truthout.org

Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

Thanks Zohran.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/

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Yesterday, former Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, violating a court order, called a meeting to hold a vote for party chair. Now she claims Nikki Lucas was elected chair, with votes from only 13 of the 42 District Leaders. This is illegal and undemocratic.

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last night, 13 Brooklyn Dems leaders held a meeting and claim they elected a new chair how many ways was this illegal? -RBH is not the party leader, Nydia Velazquez is -the majority of "voters" at this meeting are not elected DLs -there is a specific order enjoining against holding an ExCo meeting

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Let us be clear: Brooklyn needs a fair vote by the elected District Leaders. The Chair attempting to pick her own successor after she lost an election isn’t democracy, it's cronyism, and the illegal rules changes she has fought to enact would permanently end democratic oversight of our party.

Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social

New: Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn announced exclusively on “Inside City Hall” that she will not seek reelection as the Brooklyn Democratic Party chair.

Just so disgusting.

nick@unionnick.bsky.social

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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🫠 "Anthony Jones, a district leader and Bichotte Hermelyn ally, joked he was wearing his 'power-grab jacket' and said he felt bad for those who had shown up thinking they could affect the proceedings."

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social

The Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee meeting has ended, the rules changes were passed with hundreds of proxy votes, Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn was nowhere to be found. Chaos reigned. dispatch for @thecityreporter.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/23/b...

It’s me. I’m disgruntled member. The meeting was a complete sham and it was disgraceful that Rodneyse didn’t even show up.

Carey@careylikemariah.bsky.social

The Brooklyn Dems sham of a County Committee meeting is wrapping up. A disgruntled member stepped up to the mic and asked, "You have TWO tablecloths up there. So why is Rodneyse too chickenshit to show up?" 🤣

This meeting is a shitshow and it hasn’t even begun.

New Kings Democrats@newkingsdems.bsky.social

Update from the BK Democratic County Committee mtg, which was supposed to start at 10 am: The meeting was briefly called to order at 1:33 pm and then recessed until 2 pm to address ongoing, massive discrepancies in proxy registrations and delays in distributing voting clickers.

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With only 7 weeks until the midterms, Dems need a Brooklyn party that knocks on doors and wins races, not one that is preoccupied with fighting its own voters. Join us tomorrow morning before the County Committee meeting to call for an end to this ongoing misuse of party funds.

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy.bsky.social

it's a midterm election so let's see what the Brooklyn Democratic Party is up to!

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This week, BK Dems votes on a new chair to represent the 1M+ Dems in Brooklyn. The choice is clear. Respect the June election and elect @juliopenabk.com , or keep a party that runs a patronage mill while sitting on the sideline for general elections. #BrooklynCantWait

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There's now one thing that can get you tarred for antisemitism, and it is regrettably not even one of the things that actually constitutes antisemitism

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.

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McCarthyism by and for strip mall handjob recipients.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

Labour is completely dropping the ball here and it will have massive ramifications for British democracy

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social

The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction

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I must highlight a VERY important but easily-overlooked detail from this reporting: Corrupt party leaders packed the courtroom with a bunch of random people who had no idea why they were even there. This relates a lot to how they maintain control over County Committee... 🧵

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc

Judge Jill Epstein is expected to rule soon on the validity of a vote that ushered in rule changes designed to keep party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn in power.

Creepy freaks are subverting democracy in Brooklyn

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc

“One of the things I want to say to New Kings Democrats, ‘Respect Mommy,” district leader Anthony Jones said, referring to current party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.